Reference values for intima-medial thickness of carotid and femoral arteries in subjects 20 to 60 years of age without cardiovascular risk factors;Valeurs de reference des epaisseurs intima-media des arteres carotidiennes et femorales chez des sujets ages de 20 a 60 ans et sans facteur de risque cardiovasculaire

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 721-726

  Depairon, M ^a   Tutta, P ^a   Van Melle, G ^a   Hayoz, D ^a   Kappenberger, L ^a   Darioli, R ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS; ADULT; AGE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTIMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

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